Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Lumbar tactile acuity is near identical between sides in healthy pain-free participants |
Authors: | Wand, Benedict Martin Catley, Mark Jon Luomajoki, Hannu Antero O'Sulliva, Kieran James Di Pietro, Flavia O'Connell, Neil Edward Moseley, G. Lorimer |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002 |
Published in: | Manual Therapy |
Volume(Issue): | 19 |
Issue: | 5 |
Page(s): | 504 |
Pages to: | 507 |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1356-689X |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Chronic low back pain; Two-point discrimination; Sensory acuity; Body image |
Subject (DDC): | 617.5: Orthopaedic surgery |
Abstract: | A growing body of literature suggests that alterations in brain structure and function are a feature of chronic back pain. Tactile acuity is considered a clinical signature of primary somatosensory representation and offers a simple measure of cortical reorganisation. Clinical interpretation of test scores from an individual patient is hampered by variance in published normative values and less than ideal inter-rater reliability. These problems might be mitigated in people with unilateral back pain by using the patient as their own control and comparing tactile acuity at the painful site to performance at the corresponding position on the non-painful side. The first step in exploring this approach is to quantify the normal side-to-side difference in healthy populations. We pooled data from three previous studies that measured lumbar tactile acuity bilaterally in healthy controls using similar protocols. We calculated the mean and variance of the absolute error between sides, the standard error of measurement and the reliable change index (RCI). The mean difference between sides was 3.2 mm (±5.2) when assessed vertically and 1.9 mm (±3.2) when assessed horizontally. The standard error of measurement was 4.2 mm when assessed vertically and 2.7 mm when assessed horizontally. The RCI suggests that differences of greater than 13 mm when assessed horizontally and 17 mm when assessed vertically equate to 95% confidence that a difference truly exists. Several assumptions related to the application of this approach need to be investigated further. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4859 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Physiotherapy (IPT) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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Wand, B. M., Catley, M. J., Luomajoki, H. A., O’Sulliva, K. J., Di Pietro, F., O’Connell, N. E., & Moseley, G. L. (2014). Lumbar tactile acuity is near identical between sides in healthy pain-free participants. Manual Therapy, 19(5), 504–507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002
Wand, B.M. et al. (2014) ‘Lumbar tactile acuity is near identical between sides in healthy pain-free participants’, Manual Therapy, 19(5), pp. 504–507. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002.
B. M. Wand et al., “Lumbar tactile acuity is near identical between sides in healthy pain-free participants,” Manual Therapy, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 504–507, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002.
WAND, Benedict Martin, Mark Jon CATLEY, Hannu Antero LUOMAJOKI, Kieran James O’SULLIVA, Flavia DI PIETRO, Neil Edward O’CONNELL und G. Lorimer MOSELEY, 2014. Lumbar tactile acuity is near identical between sides in healthy pain-free participants. Manual Therapy. 2014. Bd. 19, Nr. 5, S. 504–507. DOI 10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002
Wand, Benedict Martin, Mark Jon Catley, Hannu Antero Luomajoki, Kieran James O’Sulliva, Flavia Di Pietro, Neil Edward O’Connell, and G. Lorimer Moseley. 2014. “Lumbar Tactile Acuity Is near Identical between Sides in Healthy Pain-Free Participants.” Manual Therapy 19 (5): 504–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002.
Wand, Benedict Martin, et al. “Lumbar Tactile Acuity Is near Identical between Sides in Healthy Pain-Free Participants.” Manual Therapy, vol. 19, no. 5, 2014, pp. 504–7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2014.01.002.
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